Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5098a0f4d4158023…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.6 KB Created: 2020-08-19 07:42:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 65557a8f59224138f3f0b035a82c87ee SHA-1: e0e9ae431583d4770d57fa8ecb9c57334d7caca1 SHA-256: 5098a0f4d4158023066c91dec41efeae55f2d91d39a007b19cb6e8963640c1a1
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to Shopify domains hosting other PDFs, suggesting a link farm for SEO poisoning. One critical heuristic firing indicates a direct link to a known malicious redirector, 'ttraff.cc', which is used to obscure the final malicious payload. The document body also contains the string 'Microsoft SQL Server 2014 trial' and the malicious redirector URL, reinforcing the lure. The presence of numerous links and the redirector strongly suggests the document is designed to lead the user to download a malicious file.

Heuristics 4

  • PDF links to known malicious redirector infrastructure critical PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable URI to redirector infrastructure used by a known malicious PDF SEO/adware delivery campaign. These documents typically rely on user interaction and redirect chains rather than a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=microsoft+sql+server+2014++trial
    • http://files.thesupershowdown.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969761/jimov.pdf
    • http://files.anitashackelford.net/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437318/1517916.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8121/1802/files/26258312371.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8078/5823/files/estrous_cycle_in_mice.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7741/0724/files/nosarilo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2014/0191/files/wiwotetokav.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/5013/7760/files/61540442917.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7936/8858/files/beauty_and_the_beast_story_book_with_pictures.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8561/0654/files/xolovimojamasunopowixabe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9545/7946/files/yakuza_0_aha_water.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/9419/5870/files/avast_2019_setup_for_pc.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7936/7845/files/art_of_problem_solving_introduction_to_geometry_solutions_manual.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/5037/5070/files/93804911767.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/5463/5937/files/how_to_insert_file_in_outlook_email_body.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0446/9257/0268/files/jetejuku.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1483/1780/files/graphing_quadratic_functions_worksheet_algebra_2.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00006b86.bin
2a0a339b738cf98b5f9520f407e9af0a5e083a035699df8bbf88bcc7529374ef
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6B86 5480 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007e51.bin
c3b14348c52413c42cd6c07eeba69bca1a6e932bb517ef30321cfbc0cd798b7a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7E51 12088 bytes